Shankar Krishnan

Shankar Krishnan is Group Head – Strategy of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. Shankar joined the SP Group in October 2009. He is responsible for driving the Group’s strategic growth agenda, for which he works in close coordination with the Promoter, his peers in the Group Centre, and the leadership teams of the Group’s diverse businesses. Shankar also serves on the Boards and Management Boards of select companies and business divisions of the SP Group, including that of Eureka Forbes Ltd. Shankar graduated with a B.E (Honors) in Civil Engineering from VJTI (Mumbai University) and was a recipient of the JN Tata Endowment scholarship. He worked for a year with Tata Consulting Engineers, an engineering consultancy, upon completing his engineering. He then obtained an MBA at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), majoring in Business Policy and Finance. Prior to joining the SP Group, Shankar worked for 15+ years in the management consulting practice of Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting).